understates

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪts]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说
  If youunderstatesomething, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.
  1. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
     政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
  2. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
     那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

双语例句

• This understates the magnitude of the problem.
  这缩小了问题的严重性。
• Converting China's GDP into dollars at market exchange rates therefore understates the true size of its faster-growing economy and, in turn, understates world growth.
  将中国的GDP以市场汇率转换成美元以此不能描述中国快速发展经济的正真水平并且进一步描述世界的增长。
• But Hong Liang, an economist at Goldman Sachs, reckons that the M2 measure of money understates the amount of liquidity sloshing around in China.
  然而，高盛公司的经济学家梁红认为以M2来测算低估了游弋在中国周边流动性资金的规模。
• The investors feel some Mongolians do not understand that, because of taxes and royalties, the government's34% share grossly understates the benefits it will receive from the project.
  投资者们感到，由于在税收与权利金上的收益，政府从这一项目得到的好处将远远超过表面上34%的股份，而一些蒙古人对此并不清楚。
• Some economists argue it understates the'real'inflation figure.
  一些经济学家认为，这个指标低估了“真实”的通胀水平。
• This undoubtedly understates, or rather lags, the damage.
  该数据无疑低估（或者更准确地说是滞后）了实际受损情况。
• Also, Brazil's CONAB typically understates area increases by3 percent in years of sizable increases.
  在播种面积大幅增长的年份，巴西政府的作物研究机构通常会将面积增幅少报3%。
• An international lawyer who frequents Shanghai jokes about companies with three sets of books: one for international investors ( which overstates profits); one for the taxman ( which understates profits); and one recording the truth.
  一位经常去上海的国际律师开玩笑说，企业有三本账：一本给国际投资者看（夸大利润）；一本给税务人员看（少报利润）；一本记录着实情。
• That reckoning, however, understates the likely impact.
  然后这种测算低估了可能的影响。
• Opponents say this understates the potential value to Google in the long run.
  反对者们表示，这种说法低估了谷歌长期的潜在价值。